POLAROID OF THE WEEK, Vol. 13: CHEKE

In the early hours of the morn, baby Cheke left the island, his family for a new island, a new family with his lady love. He's 14. Everyone misses him alot. 

POTW, VOL 3

After a long ride through mountain passes, the horses enjoy a much deserved break.

Location: Huichol Indian territory outside Real de Catorce, MX. 

Sleeping with Squid OR A Valentine at Sea

Things are goin' a mile a minute here now that I'm plugged in with a nice gang of world-cruisin' folk. Lots of scheduling, re-arranging, etc. Here's a little chronicle from the trek over:

NOGOODFORME.COM is helping me promote! You could win a whistle!

Above: Emily "Switchfoot" Richmond and Elizabeth "Black Eyes" Barker testing out their whistles last weekend at Neptune's Net in beautiful Malibu.)

Perhaps you heard from the Paste magazine website, or from this post on the vastly more illustrious NOGOODFORME.COM, that our buddy/videographer Emily Richmond is soon to set sail around the world (all by herself, at the tender age of 24!). We're trying to spread the word and help Emily raise the $8,000 she needs for her big adventure, and we'd love for you to help us out. So: if you post about Emily's circumnavigation on your blog/website by August 24, we'll send you a whistle and a NOGOODFORME.COM sticker* as a reward. It's that simple, sort of. Here are our three little rules:

-YOUR POST MUST LINK TO EMILY'S KICKSTARTER (because that's where people pledge money)

-YOUR POST MUST LINK TO NOGOODFORME.COM (because we are all wicked selfish and can never really get enough attention)

-YOUR POST MUST INFORM READERS THAT ALL PLEDGES NEED TO BE MADE BY AUGUST 31

Your post could also mention all the cool prizes people will get for pledging - like, if you pledge a buck, you'll get your signature on Emily's sailboat. Pledge $15, and you'll get a Polaroid photo from the trip. Pledge $30, and you'll get a sailor hat. Pledge $5,000 or more, and you get to name Emily's dinghy!

You could also post about Things To Do With Your Whistle, perhaps. A few bright ideas we've already come up with:

-Pretend you're a traffic cop or a lifeguard
-Pretend you're the dad in Sound of Music
-Pretend you're half-dead Kate Winslet at the end of Titanic

A whistle can also be a really sly way to transmit secret code to your "wingman" while out on the town. Like, for example, the other night Emily and I were at this party and Anthony Kiedis was there and I fell over and died kind of. But here's what could've happened instead: Anthony could've come up to me, brushed his chocolatey hair out of his eyes, pushed up the sleeves of his adorable cardigan and asked, "Hey, Black Eyes, I was thinking, if you're not doing anything after this, maybe you could come over to my place and we'll go for a midnight surf, eat some vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies on the beach, listen to Neil Young records, talk about our emotions, fool around a little, sleep the sleep of angels, wake up, I'll braid your hair and you'll braid mine, and then we'll go for breakfast at farmers market and live happily ever after or something?" And I'd smile sweetly and say, "Yeah, for sure, just hold on a second," then subtly lean over and blow three long whistles and one short (aka the "I'm Going Home With Anthony Kiedis And Then Marrying Him" signal). Then Emily would blow back one short whistle, give me the double thumbs-up, and we'd all be on our merry ways. So discreet!

But anyway, once you've posted, email the link and your mailing address to liz@nogoodforme.com. Clearly it's going to be a lot of fun.

*While stickers last. It's actually highly unlikely that I'm going to run out, but I suppose anything's possible. If I do run out, somehow, I'll send you a nautically themed mix CD instead of a sticker. Cool?